GeorgiaCOE: Counseling and Human Development Services: Faculty & Staff

Professional Counseling - School Counseling

M.Ed.

Faculty & Staff

	Deryl Bailey, Ph.D.Dr. Deryl F. Bailey is an Assistant Professor. Prior to earning his education specialist and doctorate degrees from the University of Virginia he worked as a secondary school counselor for ten years. His areas of specialization include school counseling; group work; multicultural and diversity issues in schools; issues related to professional development for school counselors; adolescent African male development; as well as the development and implementation of enrichment and empowerment initiatives for children and adolescents. He is the founder and director of Empowered Youth Programs (Gentlemen on the Move, Young Women Scholars, and Parents of Empowered Youth).
	Yvette Getch, Ph.D. Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services at the University of Georgia. She received her Ph.D. from The University of Arkansas in 1996 in Rehabilitation Education and Research and a M.Ed. in independent Living Counseling specializing in the area of deafness in 1990. Dr. Getch received a B.S. degree in Social Work from the Florida State University in 1986. She is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and has previously worked as a program coordinator for the ARC, an interpreter, and a transition counselor for persons who are deaf. Dr. Getch conducts research in the areas of advocacy for persons with disabilities, sexuality and deafness, advocacy issues and accommodations for children with chronic illness in schools, and teacher education in asthma management. Dr. Getch was recently selected to serve on a national expert panel for Caregiving and Individuals with Disabilities for the Rosalyn Carter Institute for Human Development. She frequently provides education for parents of children with chronic medical conditions through her work with the MAGIC Foundation and other organizations that support children with chronic illness and their families. Dr. Getch is committed to improving the lives of all children and is involved in advocacy initiatives that promote access, health, and educational opportunities for children with disabilities and/or chronic illness. SC, CP
	Jolie Ziomek Daigle, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the School Counseling Program / Department of Counseling and Human Development Services / College of Education, and she is the program coordinator of the School Counseling Master’s program at The University of Georgia. Dr. Daigle began teaching at The University of Georgia in the Fall of 2005. She graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from the University of South Florida in 1995. In 1997, Dr. Daigle graduated from Loyola University with a M.S. in School Counseling. She worked as a school counselor for eight years with New Orleans Public Schools. During that time, Dr. Daigle became a licensed professional counselor and worked part-time in a private practice. In 2005, she received a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of New Orleans. Dr. Daigle is a member of several professional organizations including the American Counseling Association, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, American School Counselor Association, and the Association for Play Therapy. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor (LPC-S), Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor (RPT-S), and a National Certified School Counselor (NCSC). Dr. Daigle’s research interests include school counseling, play therapy, legal and ethical issues, and clinical supervision.
	Jenny Penney Oliver, Ph.D.Senior Academic ProfessionalJenny Penney Oliver is an educational specialist, innovator and change agent in the areas of multicultural education and systemic and organizational change. As Director for Academic Initiatives for the College of Education at the University of Georgia, Jenny directs and facilitates several change initiatives within the college and community. She helped initiate and now directs the college-wide initiative in multicultural education. In place since 1995, this initiative has guided the college’s commitment, growth and focused direction in the areas of recruitment and retention of under-represented populations, faculty and staff professional development, and cultural diversity curriculum revision. Dr. Oliver has also introduced and facilitated multicultural reform initiatives in K-12 public and private schools and communities. Funded by the Ford Foundation, Jenny collaboratively directed a multi-state project in rural school and community multicultural education reform for six years. Building on those experiences, Jenny currently co-directs a comprehensive partnership with the university, local school district, and local community toward improved academic achievement for all students in our school district (http://archive.coe.uga.edu/ccsd/.) Jenny is a charter member and Board of Directors member of the National Association for Multicultural Education. She is also an officer of the Georgia Association for Multicultural Education. Jenny frequently presents her work in multicultural education and reform at national conferences and has published in these areas
	Pam Paisley, Ed.D.Dr. Paisley is a Professor in the Department Of Counseling and Human Development Services. She also teaches on the Counseling Psychology Doctoral Faculty. Dr. Paisley has been at The University of Georgia since 1994. Previously, she lived in North Carolina and worked as a teacher and counselor in public schools for ten years and as a counselor educator at Appalachian State University for seven years. She has won teaching awards at both Appalachian State University and The University of Georgia, has been principal investigator on a national grant to transform school counseling preparation and practice, and has been President of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Her research interests are in school counseling program development, issues related to children and adolescents, and promoting development for the adults in children’s lives. Dr. Paisley is committed to principles of social justice and is active in related initiatives at the local, state, and national levels.
	Dr. Anneliese Singh Assistant Professor asingh@uga.eduAnneliese A. Singh: Assistant Professor, (Ph.D., Georgia State University) Research interests in multicultural counseling and social justice, qualitative methodology with historically marginalized groups (e.g., people of color, LGBTQI, immigrants), advocacy to end child sexual abuse in South Asian communities, feminist theory and practice, Asian American counseling and psychology issues, and empowerment interventions with trauma survivors.